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Pickups June 2021
Pickups June 2021June 30, 2021	admin
A load of good stuff added to the collection this month. Lets dive in.
Micro Arcade – Tetris
Retro Arcade Games the size of a credit card!
Never before has a full-size arcade game been played in an incredible compact credit card size! Measuring only 3.25 x 2 x .375 of an inch, MicroArcade is the ultimate travel game and easily fits in your pocket! Each game comes with a full color screen, cool sound effects, and directional control buttons, with a micro USB charger included. MicroArcade Series 1 features Pac-Man, Tetris, and an Atari Combo Card including Missile Command and Centipede, plus a bonus surprise game all in one! The MicroArcade games play just like the iconic full-size arcade versions with hundreds of levels.
This fast pace, tile-matching puzzle game will keep you on your toes! Seven different types of blocks continuously fall from above and you must arrange them to make horizontal rows of bricks. As you increase your skill, so does the pace of the falling bricks!
Rating – Complete
Price Paid – £12.49 (HMV)
Tiny Arcade Q*bert Mini Arcade Cabinet
Go back in time with Tiny Arcade. All the original gameplay you loved in the 80's are back… at your fingertips! It's up to you to save the planet and galaxy, or maybe just avoid those pesky ghosts with the new Tiny Arcades! The most iconic arcade video games are back in a size that will fit in the palm of your hand! The screen size is less than 1.5 inches and the overall cabinet sizes are 4×2 inches. Each Tiny Arcade comes with the complete gameplay, full-colour, hi-res screen, authentic game sounds, joystick and two control buttons in a backlit arcade style cabinet. No coins or small change is needed!
Get ready to run and jump as you try to change the colour of the cubes by hopping onto them. When all the cubes in the pyramid have been changed to the destination colour you will advance to the next round.
Tiny Arcade Frogger Mini Arcade Cabinet
An arcade golden age classic, Tiny Arcade Frogger is addicting and a must-have game for those long commutes. Players must guide Frogger from the bottom of the screen to the home at the top by hopping along perilous roads and rivers. At 3.5″ tall and 1.5″wide with joystick and button controls; it's the smallest, fully-functional arcade game around!
Banjo-Kazooie – Nintendo 64
Banjo-Kazooie's fairy tale back story is reminiscent of Snow White's. A gnarled, ugly witch named Gruntilda asks her magical cauldron who is the fairest of them all. Of course, the pot's answer doesn't please the hag: he singles out Banjo's sister, Tooty. When Tooty turns up missing, Banjo and his birdie buddy Kazooie set out to find her.
The worlds in Banjo-Kazooie are vast, and contain a variety of items to collect. Musical Notes, Puzzle Pieces ("Jiggies"), Mumbo Tokens, and Jinjoes are just some of the swag that Banjo must stuff in his backpack to complete his adventure. While some of the necessary items are simply stashed off the beaten path, others will require puzzle solving skills to turn up.
Rating – Loose
Price Paid – £12 (Cash Converters)
Bust-A-Move 3 DX – Nintendo 64
One day, Dunk, the magic magician of Bubble World, releases a spell that transports eight characters from their home worlds to Bubble World. Now it is the player's turn to bring them back home!
In Bust-A-Move 3, you must try to remove all the bubbles in each stage by connecting three or more of the same colour. The Nintendo 64 version also includes two and four-player modes.
Five playing modes are available:
Arcade mode.
Challenge mode: in this mode the player's performance is evaluated and the game adapts to it.
Win Contest mode: challenge all eight characters.
Collection mode: a collection of levels created by Bust-A-Move players. Each round carries the designer's name.
Edit mode: players can create and play their own puzzles.
F-Zero X – Nintendo 64
Famed SNES racer F-Zero gets a 64-bit update. Gameplay remains essentially unchanged, race in a futuristic racing tournament on tracks levitated miles up in the air, against a selection of devious opponents.
While the original had 4 cars to choose from and race against, F-Zero X has no fewer than 30 vehicles all with their own unique strengths and weaknesses, a choice of colours, and customisable power/acceleration ratios for each track. At the beginning you are limited to choosing from 6 cars and 3 tournaments (each featuring 6 tracks each), but in true Nintendo fashion, more cars and tracks are unlocked as you progress through the game. As well as the cups, you can also race in time trial mode, against a 'ghost car' recording of your best previous lap, a lá Mario Kart 64.
Gone are the entirely flat tracks of the original, having been replaced with tracks that twist, turn, loop, rotate and basically contort into the most crazy shapes you could imagine. One unique feature amongst almost all other racing games is the "X" tournament, where courses are totally randomly generated each time you start.
One of the most important changes to the format is the inclusion of multiplayer support for up to 4 players. The various combat moves are especially important against aggressive human play.
Price Paid – £8 (Cash Converters)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest – Nintendo SNES
Donkey Kong has been "kongnapped" by the nasty K. Rool and the Kremlings, and it is up to Diddy Kong and his girl-friend Dixie Kong to save him.
All the familiar enemies and helpful friends return, along with some new characters, including the wise Wrinkly Kong who will teach you some important lessons in gameplay. Again the emphasis is on banana collecting, where as every one hundred bananas makes one extra life. Apart from beating K. Rool and rescuing Donkey Kong, there are extra missions that can be completed. Collect enough K. Rool Kremkoins to open up the routes to the Lost World, while every level has a hidden Hero Coin to collect.
The Game Boy Advance version also includes a bonus game mode with three minigames (Expresso's Racing, Funky's Flights, and Bag a Bug) plus a time attack mode called Diddy's Dash (complete levels as fast as possible as Diddy Kong). This version of the game also includes an additional boss (Kerozene) and two more collectibles (Golden Feathers that increase Expresso's stats in the Expresso's Racing bonus game and photographs that fill out a scrapbook). Due to the addition of the bonus games and the scrapbook 28 more Hero Coins were also added.
Price Paid – £9.60 (Cash Converters)
Mario Kart DS – Nintendo DS
Mario Kart DS is the continuation of the long running racing game series that began on the Super Nintendo. It features 16 new tracks as well as 16 tracks from the previous 4 games, with each set split up into the Nitro and Retro Grand Prix respectively. Eight racers are initially available, each with two go-karts to choose from. A number of characters and additional karts are also available to unlock. New items have been added to the arsenal, including a Blooper squid that squirts ink onto the screens of other players and a Bullet Bill power up that transforms the player into a giant, fast-travelling bullet on autopilot.
I already had this game loose, so it was nice to upgrade that copy to a complete one. This game is also part of my top 10 quest.
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 – Nintendo Gameboy Advance
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is a conversion of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which stars the dinosaur Yoshi as the main character. It includes six secret levels not found in its SNES counterpart Following the same style in general as other Mario games, this is a platform game which involves you trying to get to the end of the levels while keeping Baby Mario safe from enemies.
This game contains Mario Bros., which is also available on Super Mario Advance and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.
Nintendo Classic Mini NES Controller (Nintendo Wii and Wii U)
Now you can even enjoy playing many of these classic NES games together by attaching this second Nintendo Classic Mini: NES Controller. The Nintendo Classic Mini: NES Controller can also be used to play Virtual Console NES games on a Wii U or Wii console
Please see separate page here
Price Paid – £120 (Cash Converters)
Minecraft – Nintendo Switch
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures.
Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armour to fend off the dangerous mobs. Create, explore and survive alone or play with friends on all different devices.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX – Nintendo Switch
A Legend Reborn – Dive into a stunning recreation of Alex Kidd in Miracle World with striking new art and tighter, more fluid controls.
New Modes – New modes such including 'Classic Mode' and 'Boss Rush Mode' will be available for players alongside the standard game.
New Levels – Experience new levels which expand the lore of the original game.
Alternative Boss Fights – New and improved boss fight mechanics with more intuitive combat.
Classic Mode – Experience the original game with boss fights, dialogue, levels and functions the same as the original Master System version.
New and remastered music – A wide array of reimagined music tracks as well as remastered tracks from the original classic game!
Rating – Complete, Including Keyring
Price Paid – £29.99 (Amazon)
Assassins Creed III: Remastered – Nintendo Switch
Assassin's Creed III: Remastered is a remastered release of the 2012 game Assassin's Creed III.
Released for the first time on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms, this version includes the main game, all three parts of The Tyranny of King Washington (The Infamy, The Betrayal and The Redemption) and the game Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD.
Aside from the removal of all multiplayer content, several improvements added in later installments of the Assassin's Creed series have been implemented. Players can now whistle from inside bushes, instead of only from behind cover. It has become easier to double assassinate people, and Connor is now able to free-aim his long ranged weapons. The UI has been optimized for color blind people, several weapons have been added and and the game features a new in-game economy.
Several legacy outfits were added to the game. It is now possible to dress up Connor as Edward Kenway, Arno Dorian, Bayek of Siwa, Alexios of Sparta, amongst others.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Sony Playstation 5
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a 2021 third-person shooter platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5. It is the sixteenth instalment in the Ratchet & Clank series. The game takes place following the events of Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus.
The game shares many gameplay similarities with Ratchet & Clank (2016) and other entries in the series. It retains elements of previous Ratchet & Clank games, such as strafing, gunplay, collection of bolts, automatic weapon and health upgrades, manual Raritanium weapon upgrading and gadgets. The main playable character is Ratchet. He is accompanied by his robotic friend and sidekick Clank, who is hung on his back. Additionally, the game has a playable female Lombax named Rivet. The player navigates Ratchet and Rivet through diverse environments across a multitude of levels, defeating enemies with an array of varied weapons and gadgets, and traversing obstacles to complete key mission objectives.
The game introduces to the series the concept of real-time near instantaneous travel between different areas, planets and other worlds within gameplay scenes via a system of inter-dimensional portals. In order for the player to utilize this feature, a new mechanic dubbed the "Rift Tether" is introduced in Ratchet and Rivet's arsenal that pulls them from one side of a portal to another, allowing them to move quickly between points. The game features the return of planets explored in previous entries with a dimensional twist, through their alternate counterparts, alongside new planets not seen previously in the franchise. The game features enhanced mobility and traversal options with the addition of moves such as dashing and wall running. In addition, the game's arsenal features a mix of brand new weapons and returning classics from prior instalments.
Rating – Sealed In Box
Price Paid – £0 (Came With PS5 Bundle For Sons Birthday)
Resident Evil: Village – Sony Playstation 5
Resident Evil Village is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. The sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017), players control Ethan Winters, who is searching for his kidnapped daughter; after a fateful encounter with Chris Redfield, he finds himself in a village filled with mutant creatures. While Village maintains the Resident Evil series' survival horror elements, the game adopts a more action-oriented gameplay style compared to its predecessor.
Set a few years after the horrifying events in the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7 biohazard, the all-new storyline begins with Ethan Winters and his wife Mia living peacefully in a new location, free from their past nightmares. Just as they are building their new life together, tragedy befalls them once again.
• First-Person Action – Players will assume the role of Ethan Winters and experience every up-close battle and terrifying pursuit through a first-person perspective.
• Familiar Faces and New Foes – Chris Redfield has typically been a hero in the Resident Evil series, but his appearance in Resident Evil Village seemingly shrouds him in sinister motives. A host of new adversaries inhabiting the village will relentlessly hunt Ethan and hinder his every move as he attempts to make sense of the new nightmare he finds himself in.
Price Paid – £25 (Family Member)
Watch Dogs: Legion – Sony Playstation 5
Watch Dogs: Legion is an action game and the third instalment in the Watch Dogs series, and the sequel to Watch Dogs 2. The game is set within an open world, fictionalised representation of London, and features the ability to take control of any character that is encountered. Characters can be recruited across the game's setting and can be permanently lost during the course of a playthrough if players have the permadeath option enabled. Each character has a different background and abilities that allow for a large amount of different approaches to completing missions working for the hacking group DedSec with a narrative that focuses on fighting back against a surveillance state. The game has action both on foot and using vehicles. The game features cooperative multiplayer that allows up to four players to work together.
Price Paid – £25 (Cex)
Google Stadia: Premiere Edition
Microsoft Xbox Series X
Rating – Complete (Includes 3 Months Games Pass Ultimate)
Price Paid – £486.97 (Very.com)
Commodore Amiga 500+ Bundle
This computer bundle came with 26 games, they are,
Street Fighter II (Complete)
Bubble Bobble (Complete)
Gemini Wing (Complete)
Viz (Complete)
Quadralien (Complete)
Powerplay: The Game Of The Gods (Complete)
Shufflepuck Cafe (Complete)
Datastorm (Complete)
Tower Of Babel (Complete)
Soccer (Complete)
Dungeon Quest (Complete)
E-Motion (Complete)
Grand Monster Slam (Complete)
Push-Over (Complete)
Space Station (Complete)
Frost Byte (Complete)
Karting Grand Prix (Complete)
Hotshot (Complete)
Striker (Boxed No Manual)
Pinball Dreams (Complete)
Zool (Complete)
TransWrite (Complete)
Deluxe Paint III (Loose)
Captain Planet And The Planeteers (Complete)
Lemmings (Complete)
The Simpsons: Bart Vs The Space Mutants (Loose)
Rating – Boxed No Manual
Bundle Of Wii U Games
I was browsing the Cash Converters Website and noticed that they had a listing for a Wii U console with games for £100. I quickly realised that if I ordered it, then when it came, sell the console, I could then have the games for considerably less than if I was to buy them separately. So that is exactly what I did.
Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo Wii U
Super Mario 3D World is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U in November 2013. It is the sixth original 3D platform game in the Super Mario series and the sequel to Super Mario 3D Land (2011) for the Nintendo 3DS. The game follows Mario and friends attempting to rescue fairy-like creatures called Sprixies from Bowser, who invades the realm known as the Sprixie Kingdom. The gameplay is similar to previous instalments of the series, with players passing through individual levels to reach Bowser. The game features a character selector as well as introducing a power-up called the Super Bell, which turns the player into a cat, enabling them to climb walls and use a scratch attack.
The game levels play similarly to those of Super Mario 3D Land, which combine the free-roaming gameplay of the Super Mario franchise's 3D games with the mechanics of its 2D side-scrollers, including a timer and a level-ending flagpole. Up to four concurrent players may control player characters, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, and the unlockable Rosalina. Similar to their appearances in Super Mario Bros. 2, each of the characters possesses unique abilities and controls differently: Mario has balanced running speed and jump height; Luigi jumps higher and falls slower, but has slightly lower traction; Peach can jump and briefly float through the air, but runs slowly; Toad runs the fastest, but cannot jump as high and falls faster; Rosalina can use the spin attack move as seen in the Super Mario Galaxy games, but has the slowest running speed. The player can select any of the five characters to use before beginning a level, and up to four players may explore the same level simultaneously, sharing from a pool of lives. Players are also able to pick up, carry, and throw each other.
Price Paid – £6.28 (Cash Converters Online)
The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild – Nintendo Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild[b] is a 2017 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U consoles. Breath of the Wild is part of the Legend of Zelda franchise and is set at the end of the Zelda timeline; the player controls Link, who awakens from a hundred-year slumber to defeat Calamity Ganon and save the kingdom of Hyrule.
Similar to the original The Legend of Zelda (1986) game, players are given little instruction and can explore the open world freely. Tasks include collecting multipurpose items to aid in objectives or solving puzzles and side quests for rewards. The world is unstructured and designed to reward experimentation, and the story can be completed in a nonlinear fashion.
The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube home video game console. The tenth instalment in The Legend of Zelda series, it was released in 2002.
The game is set on a group of islands in a vast sea, a departure for the series. The player controls series protagonist Link as he attempts to save his sister from the sorcerer Ganon and becomes embroiled in a struggle for the Triforce, a sacred wish-granting relic. Aided by allies including pirate captain Tetra – an incarnation of Princess Zelda – and a talking boat named the King of Red Lions, Link sails the ocean, explores islands, and traverses dungeons to acquire the power necessary to defeat Ganon. Wind, which facilitates sailing, plays a prominent role and can be controlled with a magic conductor's baton called the Wind Waker.
Assassins Creed III – Nintendo Wii U
Assassin's Creed III is a 2012 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Microsoft Windows. It is the fifth major instalment in the Assassin's Creed series, and a direct sequel to 2011's Assassin's Creed: Revelations. The game was released in 2012
The plot is set in a fictional history of real-world events and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight for peace with free will, and the Templars, who desire peace through control. The framing story is set in the 21st century and features series protagonist Desmond Miles who, with the aid of a machine known as the Animus, relives the memories of his ancestors to find a way to avert the 2012 apocalypse. The main story is set in the 18th century, before, during and after the American Revolution from 1754 to 1783, and follows Desmond's half-English, half-Mohawk ancestor, Ratonhnhaké:ton aka Connor, as he fights the Templars' attempts to gain control in the colonies. Connor's father and the leader of the Colonial Templars, Haytham Kenway, is also playable during the first portion of the game.
Assassin's Creed III is set in an open world and presented from the third-person perspective with a primary focus on using Desmond and Connor's combat and stealth abilities to eliminate targets and explore the environment. Connor is able to freely explore 18th-century Boston, New York City, and the American frontier to complete side missions away from the primary storyline. The game also features a multiplayer component, allowing players to compete online to complete solo and team-based objectives including assassinations and evading pursuers.
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Nintendo Wii U
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is the third LEGO game based on DC Comics characters. While it prominently features Batman and his supporting cast, as indicated by the subtitle it moves beyond Gotham City into all corners of the DC universe, featuring the Justice League, the Legion of Doom and several Lantern Corps, with all sorts of heroes and villains making an appearance, and the story moving from Earth to outer space and several other planets.
The story picks up from the teaser at the end of the previous game, with Brainiac approaching Earth. He captures several Lanterns to gain possession of their power rings, which he plans to use to shrink the Earth and add it to his collection. Meanwhile, the Legion of Doom, led by Lex Luthor and the Joker, plan to capture the Justice League's Watchtower space station. However, faced with this new threat against the entire planet, both heroes and villains must team up to defeat Brainiac.
The game follows the template established by earlier LEGO games: players control several characters, and must use their special abilities to fight enemies, overcome obstacles and solve environment-based puzzles. Abilities include the use of projectile weapons, explosives or grappling hooks, x-ray vision, various beams (laser, sonic, ice), mind control, smashing walls, illuminating dark areas, and many more.
Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition – Nintendo Wii U
Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum and once again stars the masked superhero Batman as the protagonist. The game takes place a year and a half after the events of the original game. After Joker was stopped from taking over the asylum, the asylum's former warden Quincy Sharp claims the responsibility for having averted disaster and he uses the popularity to become mayor of Gotham City. To suppress crime further, an enormous open-air prison called Arkham City is built. Citizens (as well as journalists in particular) are under strict supervision and the slightest disturbance is sufficient to be transferred to the prison. Sharp is assisted by psychiatrist Hugo Strange and hires the armed forces of the rogue security firm TYGER Security to maintain order. The story for Batman starts when he, as Bruce Wayne, is sent to Arkham City after declaring his opposition to the facility in a press conference.
The game has an open world environment for Batman to explore with secondary objectives and paths next to the main storyline. Just like the first game, Batman has access to a large amount of melee fighting moves that can be chained into combos and throws, as well as a large arsenal of gadgets used in combat, to solve puzzles, or to travel through the environment. Most situations offer the choice to go head-on, or move more silently by gliding and using stealth. At the start of the game Batman has all the gadgets from the first game, with improved abilities, and new ones become available later on.
Lego Jurassic World – Nintendo Wii U
LEGO Jurassic World is an action game based on the four Jurassic Park movies and released alongside the 2015 movie Jurassic World. As with many other Tt Games titles it adapts a licensed franchise to a world built up out of LEGO bricks. The game consists of 20 levels, five for each of the movies, played in succession. The game borrows many iconic moments from the films using the original audio clips and often adds a humorous twist.
The game uses the typical gameplay where each level is played with a different group of characters that smash objects and solve environment based puzzles, often by switching between characters to use specific abilities. These include digging, cutting through foliage, gliding, climbing up walls, grappling, interacting with technology panels, scanning tracks, shooting targets, examining dung, grow vegetation, shatter glass, taking pictures, opening locks and more. There are over 100 characters to unlock, including 20 playable dinosaurs also with specific abilities.
F.E.A.R. Bundle – Microsoft Xbox 360
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon is a horror first person shooter (FPS) that resembles a cross between Doom 3, Half-Life, and the Ring horror movies. Demons are replaced by cloned soldiers and the element of horror revolves around an image of a spectral girl always appearing when least expected for a few fleeting moments.
The player sets out as a member of a specialized strike force dealing with unknown threats. Initially, the player starts with mundane weapons, which are well presented, and progress gradually towards more sci-fi ones as the danger increases. The player can also call upon a bullet-time ability which slows down time around the player and is realised with impressive visual and aural effects by the game engine.
The game takes place in a certain multi-billion aerospace installation which has been hijacked by an elite team of cloned soldiers gone rogue and an unknown supernatural force (which is likely controlling or affecting them in some way). Both threats must be identified and countered.
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is the sequel to F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon and continues the series' trademark blend of supernatural horror and suspense. Many mechanics from the original first-person shooter have made their way into the game, like slow motion bullet time, and intelligent AI. New gameplay elements have also been introduced, like grab and drag movable cover, combat mechs, and iron sight aiming. The environments are now more open and less linear than those in the first game, and are also more diverse.
Point-Man, the protagonist of the first F.E.A.R. has been replaced by a new playable character, Michael Becket, a Delta Force operator who has been sent on a mission to arrest Armacham president Genevieve Aristide approximately 30 minutes before the ending of the first game. Alma, the strange little girl returns to give you scares and also assist you at some points.
F.3.A.R.
F.3.A.R. (or F.E.A.R. 3) starts with an introduction explaining the events of the previous games. The antagonist of the first game, Paxton Fettel, frees the Point Man from an asylum, where he was interrogated by the Armacham security. Together with Fettel, the player is tasked with finding a fellow operative Jin Sun-Kwon, and uncover the truth behind Alma and the evil Armacham corporation that created her. The story can also be played in co-op mode which allows a second player to play as Fettel and use psychic abilities to fight alongside the other player.
The player has to use several guns varying from pistols to rocket launchers to fight off enemy soldiers, monsters and a hostile cult who used to be the residents of the city. Just like in other F.E.A.R. games the player can use his own psychic ability which slows everything around him down, so he can shoot the enemies without them firing back as much. A new option for the player is to hide behind cover and wait for an opportunity to fire at enemies. Another returning feature are the sequences when the player steals a combat robot and can massacre the enemies with rockets while they fire hopelessly at him or her.
Very often there is nothing to shoot and the game instead focuses on scaring the player. This often happens in areas marked by blood on the walls, broken lighting, etc. There is a variety of monsters that can stalk the player as well as the earlier mentioned cult. Alma Wade also tends to show herself and jump at the player before fading away.
Resident Evil – Nintendo Gamecube
Special forces S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team's helicopter malfunctioned and crashed during their mission, disappearing into the Arklay Mountains. This and what happens to them is told in the story of Resident Evil Zero. Now, S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team is sent on a mission to investigate a series of murders around Raccoon Forest. Spotting the Bravo team's helicopter, or what's left of it, they land nearby and investigate the surrounding area. Unaware of what they might expect, one member is attacked and devoured by zombified Dobermans. The rest of the team, with a little bit of luck, find shelter in a nearby mansion, not knowing it was probably better to stay out.
The GameCube and the later Wii versions are largely a remake of the original Resident Evil for the PlayStation, with some additions. While the floorplan of the returning locations is almost entirely unchanged, several new areas have been added in, extending your stay in the mansion. A new enemy, Lisa, has been added to the game, making your trips outside of the mansion much more dangerous. Finally killing a zombie is now no longer good enough to put them to rest. They must be destroyed totally with fire or else they will rise again; faster, deadlier, and madder than before.
Pikmin – Nintendo Gamecube
After crashing on a strange unexplored planet, Captain Olimar must gather the thirty missing parts of his space ship, before his life support runs out in thirty days and he succumbs to the planet hostile atmosphere. Luckily the Pikmin, a plant/insect life form native to the planet, are there to help him. Olimar must gather and lead the Pikmin in this real time strategy game to collect the missing pieces of his ship while combating the planet's strange and sometimes hostile flora and fauna.
The Pikmin come in three varieties with each a special ability. Red Pikmin are immune to fire while blue Pikmin are able to swim and yellow Pikmin can be thrown far. Aside from the story mode there is a Challenge Mode that is unlocked after all the types of Pikmin are discovered in the story mode. The goal in this mode is to grow as many Pikmin as possible in a single day.
Price Paid – £14.99 (Cash Converters Online)
As it was Fathers day this month, I was given a few gifts, a couple of games to add to my Top 10 Quest and a messenger bag I've wanted for a while.
Virtua Fighter – Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter is considered one of the progenitors of one-on-one fighting games with fully 3D environments and characters. The fighters and arenas are rendered in flat-shaded polygons. Unlike many fighting games, Virtua Fighter focuses on gameplay based on actual fighting styles, rather than outrageous special moves and storylines.
There are eight fighters to choose from in Virtua Fighter, and an equal number of fighting backdrops in which to compete. Each fighter has a distinctive fighting style, and their own set of signature moves.
Price Paid – £0 (Fathers Day Gift)
Virtua Fighter 2 – Sega Saturn
One year after after the first tournament Akira, Wolf, Pai, Jeffry, Kage, Jacky, Sarah and defending champion Lau are invited to the World Fighting Tournament, and are joined by the master of drunken Kung-Fu Shun-di, who wants to prove he's more than an old geezer and Lion Rafale, who's fighting for his freedom. Each fighter has his own style, from the lightning fast attacks of Pai to the powerful slams of Jeffry.
Game modes include classic arcade mode, 2P vs mode, Expert mode (where the computer character progressively learns and counters players' technique), Ranking Mode (similar to Arcade, but at the end, a fighting style analysis is shown based on number of specials and time to knock down an opponent), Team Battle Mode (two teams composed of five fighters go against each other, the first to beat five characters being the winner) and Watch mode (allows choosing two fighters and then see them fighting). Gameplay keeps the same style from the first game, adding more moves to each fighters' roll. Using a three-key layout (block, kick and punch, being possible to assign button combinations to the extra keys) the player is able to control their fighter, aiming to knock or push the opponent outside the rink inside the time limit. Combo moves range from the quickest, which require the player to push up to five buttons quickly, to strong moves that require more button presses along d-pad nudges to be successful. As with the previous game, fighting is realistic (except the physics-defying leaps), and each fighter has nothing but their body to harm the opponent.
ATARI Messenger Bag
ATARI Messenger Bag with Japanese Logo, Crimson Red
Show your love for Atari and classic retro gaming with this great high quality Atari messenger bag. With spacious interior, perfect for carrying all of your old carts and discs or even just for school. Adjustable straps make it suitable for all ages and the zipped inner pocket makes a great space for keeping things secure.
Crimson red messenger bag with white Japanese Atari logo
Large interior and zip-up front pocket
Dual lock system
Made from polyester
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Q: What programming languages support implicit interface implementation by delegation? Kotlin can do this very neat trick:
 class Derived(b: Base) : Base by b

which makes your class Derived implement Base, and all methods of Base not implemented explicitly in Derived are automatically delegated to member b. I don't program in Kotlin and losing 'this' pointer may be quite limiting, but it looks like such a simple thing that can mean tons for maintainability that every language should have it.

A: Some languages with Delegates :

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*Xtend

*Swift

*Groovy

*All languages that allow overwriting some sort of Missing Method, can easily implement delegation (using what is normally called missing method proxy): i.e.: Ruby, Python, JavaScript es6, Smalltalk
An example of missing method proxy using Ruby ( taken from here ):
class Proxy
      def initialize(subject)
    @subject = subject
  end

  private
    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
      @subject.send(method, *args, &block)
    end
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Just before the turn of the last century, James Preston, former CEO of Avon and then a resident of Kent, had a vision for the town. Preston was concerned about the number of barns slowly deteriorating in the former agricultural community and determined that they should be preserved.
He moved six of the structures to the south end of the village, behind Main Street, and there they became the nucleus of what today has become a village within in village. The complex grew to include six new buildings that blended New England, the American West and Far East styles, all designed by Preston's son, Matthew.
The complex soon became home to a variety of businesses, including the innovative Morrison Gallery, which for a number of years served as its anchor and became a Mecca for shoppers looking for novel items, for diners seeking finer fare, and for those searching for a spa or fitness experience.
By 2013, however, Preston was pulling up his roots in Kent. He sold his home and nearly 400 acres in the town for more than $8 million and moved to Litchfield. Soon after, in 2014, ownership of Kent Barns passed to a number of investors, including Hiram Williams, who had a distinguished career in real estate investment and is currently president of Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust.
Williams, who had long known James Preston, understood his desire to sell to someone who would maintain the high quality of Kent Barns. He said at the time it "just seemed like the right thing to do." The sale was concluded for only $2 million.
The new corporation, Kent Center, LLC, undertook extensive renovation of the landscaping and began the restoration of some historic buildings on Main Street. Fulling Lane was opened to through-traffic thereby connecting Kent Barns directly to Main Street and further knitting the complex into the village fabric. In the spring of 2016 landscaping began in earnest with the planting of many trees, plants and the addition of more places to sit and walk.
The section of town considered to be part of Kent Barns expanded to include some stalwart business along Main Street, such as the House of Books and the like.
"We're almost at full capacity now but there is more to come," said Karolene Carlson, marketing director for Kent Barns. "We just had Get Back and Perch—which is an outpost of Pergola in New Preston—open. And chef Joel Viehland at Swyft will soon open Ore Hill so there will be two restaurants in that building.
She declined to discuss the future plans for development, saying only, "stay tuned," but extolled the current list of tenants at Kent Barns. "We have world-class art galleries like James Barron Art, Eckert Fine Art and the Ober Gallery which has super-funky Russian and American artists," she said.
Carlson noted that businesses located in the growing complex include everything from Bedford Studio, a private and tranquil setting offering one-on-one movement training, to the Chestnut Woodworking & Antique Flooring Co. which sells antique flooring, barn siding and hand-hewn beams from centuries-old barns.
Perch, Get Back and R.T. Facts are also targeted toward home design with Get Back offering repurposed design elements drawn from the country's industrial past while R.T. Facts takes a similar approach, harvesting architectural elements and recrafting them into handsome pieces for home and landscape. Perch delivers a distinctive mix of art, noted ceramic collections, design curiosities, books, and choice items from old and new Japan.
Some of the businesses counted as part of Kent Barns have longer histories. Perhaps the oldest business is Kent Barns is the ever-popular Kent House of Books, established by Carol and John Hoffman in 1976. Now on its third owner, the store continues to attract locals and visitors alike and remains Kent's literary landmark.
Indeed, Kent Barns has shops, galleries, restaurants and a number of service businesses in more than a dozen buildings, all accessible by foot. Musical concerts are held in the plaza and a social event called Second Saturdays continues into this fall on the second Saturday of each month from 4-7PM. Each month brings new gallery shows, book signings and more.
Each event is unique at each venue. Some shops stay open and refreshments are served.
Events also occur at different times during the month. September 29th, the James Barron Gallery will host author Michael Pollan for a book signing of his most recent release, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. Pollan's book examines various altered states of consciousness, as well as the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists.


Chores! Part Four- When Am I Doing Too Much for My Kids?
I have a five-year-old whom I dearly love, but who can be very emotional at times (it's getting better) and when she feels like doing chores, which is a lot of the time, she's a happy little obeyer (is that a word?) Anyway, when she is not in a happy mood she tends to whine and not want to do them and I feel like I have to nag her to get it done. Any thoughts? Also, I have been helping them (my five & three-year-olds) with their rooms a little bit, but now when they don't feel like doing it, they say "Mom come help us" which of course means "Mom come do some of it for us". I don't want them to think that Mom will just bail them out, so I'm thinking maybe I should just go in and give some kind of verbal direction as to what needs to get done and let them do the work. Please give me your pearls of wisdom. Thank you!
If there is anything I struggle with as a mom, it is that focused balance that allows me to realize when I am doing too much for a child or not enough. But as in everything we face in our Christian walk, this too is about the heart.
If your heart is bent on discipling those little ones, then you can see this as an opportunity to walk alongside. You could go into their rooms and say, "Let me tell you what I see: I see dirty clothes on the ground, a doll that needs to be put away, Legos that need to be picked up", etc. You are then giving them the advantage of your adult eyes, but you aren't taking the responsibility of tidying their rooms away from them.
Or you could give them a step-by-step "to do" list. I often do this with my six and five-year-olds- I'll say, "C, you pick up the dirty clothes and put them in your basket. A, you pick up all the books and take them to the schoolroom", etc. I stick around and watch to see if it gets done, or sometimes I'll leave the room to do something else and return when they call me for their next task.
It helps me to remember that they are little wayward sheep and I have been called to be their shepherd.
Little chores lead to bigger and better responsibilities, and with responsibilities come privileges!


It is said that age is just a number, and that's perfectly true! You don't have to worry anymore because of wrinkles, dilated pores or even acne. Learn to prepare your own tonner and use it to prevent aging and to get rid of certain skin problems.
Beer is an ingredient that you probably wouldn't have expected to find in the composition of cosmetics. But it's told and proved that beer has plenty of benefits over skin, due to the antioxidants it contains.
So, let's start! Squeeze well the lemon then strain the juice through a sieve. Pour the lemon juice in the empty container then add the rose water and the beer and shake well the container to incorporate the ingredients.
Before applying this anti-everything toner to the face, make sure you remove all the makeup and leave your skin clean. Let the lotion act for about 15-20 minutes, then rinse the face with warm water and apply a moisturizing cream. It is preferable to use this homemade face toner in the evening before going to bed.
Use it regularly and you'll see how wrinkles will start to diminish.


WASHINGTON – The Interior Department's internal watchdog has opened an investigation into ethics complaints against the agency's newly installed secretary, David Bernhardt.
Bernhardt, a former lobbyist for the oil and agribusiness industries, was confirmed by the Senate last week to head the agency, which oversees the nation's 500 million acres of public land and vast coastal waters. He has played a central role in writing policies designed to advance President Trump's policy of "energy dominance" and expanding fossil fuel exploration. He has been dogged by allegations of ethics violations since joining the Trump administration as the Interior Department's deputy secretary in 2017.
Eight senators, all Democrats, and four government ethics watchdog groups have requested that the Interior Department's inspector general open formal investigations into various aspects of Bernhardt's conduct. Among the chief complaints have been allegations, revealed by three separate New York Times investigations, that Bernhardt used his position to advance a policy pushed by his former lobbying client; that he continued working as a lobbyist after filing legal paperwork declaring that he had ceased lobbying; and that he intervened to block the release of a scientific report showing the harmful effects of a chemical pesticide on certain endangered species.
Bernhardt has maintained that he did not commit any ethical violations and, in fact, has worked to strengthen the culture of ethical compliance at the Interior Department, in part by hiring dozens of new ethics specialists.
The inquiry into Bernhardt's activities is the latest in a series of ethics concerns around Trump's top energy and environment officials since the beginning of his administration. Trump's first interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, and his first Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, both resigned in 2018 amid allegations of ethics misconduct.


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College Board replacing SAT 'adversity score' following criticism
Posted: Aug 27, 2019 / 12:29 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 29, 2019 / 11:42 AM EDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The company that administers the SAT college admissions test is replacing the so-called adversity score with a tool that will no longer reduce an applicant's background to a single number, an idea that the College Board's chief executive now says was a mistake.
Amid growing scrutiny of the role wealth plays in college admissions, the College Board introduced its Environmental Context Dashboard about two years ago to provide context for a student's performance on the test and help schools identify those who have done more with less. The version used by about 50 institutions in a pilot program involved a formula that combined school and neighborhood factors like advanced course offerings and the crime rate to produce a single number.
But critics called it an overreach for the College Board to score adversity the way it does academics.
David Coleman, College Board's chief executive, said in an interview with The Associated Press that some also wrongly worried the tool would alter the SAT results.
"The idea of a single score was wrong," he said. "It was confusing and created the misperception that the indicators are specific to an individual student."
The College Board announced several changes to the tool Tuesday, including the decision to give students access to the information about their schools and neighborhood starting in the 2020-2021 school year.
Renamed "Landscape," the revised tool will provide a series of data points from government sources and the College Board that are seen as affecting education. They include whether the student's school is in a rural, suburban or urban location, the size of the school's senior class, the percentage of students eligible for free- and reduced-price lunch, and participation and performance in college-level Advanced Placement courses at the school. Admissions officers also will see a range of test scores at the school to show where the applicant's falls, as well as information like the median family income, education levels and crime rates in the student's neighborhood.
The tool's creation was an acknowledgment of persistent criticism of the use of admissions tests in an era of growing concern with unequal access to advanced coursework and high-priced tutors that further advantage those with the means to access them. This year's "Varsity Blues" scandal , which exposed cases of affluent parents cheating the admissions system, has brought further scrutiny.
Colleges and universities have for several years been acting on the concerns, with an increasing number no longer demanding SAT or rival ACT scores from applicants. More than 1,000 schools, including elite liberal arts colleges as well as research universities and for-profit schools, are test-optional, according to the nonprofit group FairTest, which argues standardized tests are biased against minority groups.
Yale University piloted the Environmental Context Dashboard, and admissions dean Jeremiah Quinlan said it's a consistent way to see information that its admissions officers have always considered when culling through an application pool of 38,000. Just over 1,500 students recently arrived for their first year, and more than 20% of them eligible for income-based federal Pell Grants, he said. That compares to about 16% before the dashboard and 12% six years ago.
"It helps us identify students who have excelled in their context in a more clear and convincing way than we ever could have in the past," said Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid.
More Back to School Stories
Gov. Cuomo announces new rules for keeping schools open
ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York state is announcing new rules for keeping schools open.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that districts can open in counties that have a positivity over nine percent if testing shows that the spread in schools is lower than the community average.
RCSD students return to the classroom on Tuesday
by Josh Navarro / Jan 5, 2021
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — On Tuesday, the Rochester City School District will open its doors to in-person learning for some since the pandemic forced closure in March of 2020.
RCSD was the only district that didn't offer some in-person learning options for students in the fall of 2020.
Possible hybrid learning for 7th – 12th graders in RCSD
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Older students could return to in person learning in the Rochester City School District.
Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small said the district is looking into a Hybrid model for those in 7th through 12th grade.

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Will Govinda be part of Jagga Jasoos?- Cinema express
Will Govinda be part of Jagga Jasoos?
A leaked picture of the actor from the film has created a bit of confusion
Jagga Jasoos has been in making for the past four years. Govinda had shot for his portion in the film and later said that he would not be promoting it. The actor has not featured in the promos of the film, but his look from the film has recently been leaked.
A source says, "There was a lot speculation about whether the makers will retain Govinda's part in the film or not, after he said that he was upset with them. Whether this new picture has been leaked or put up officially is not yet clear."
There were earlier reports about how Govinda left the shoot of the film halfway in South Africa, and how the makers were looking for his replacement. Rumours also suggested that Anil Kapoor might take the Govinda's place, but neither director Anurag Basu nor co-producer and actor Ranbir Kapoor ever gave any clarifications on this subject.
It was said that Govinda was going to play Ranbir's father in the film, but that too was not confirmed by anyone. Ever since the promotions of the film started, Ranbir and Anurag have not really mentioned anything about retaining or deleting Govinda's scenes in the film.
Jagga Jasoos also stars Katrina Kaif and is slated to release next month.
Ranbir Kapoor Jagga Jasoos Anurag Basu Govinda


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Brian Buckland's Photography Blog: Holy Dubrovnik Batman….
Every where I went in eastern Europe, I heard a common theme. If I go to Poland, go to Krakow. So that's exactly what I did. I wasn't sure what to expect in Poland. I mean, after years of hearing Polish jokes growing up as a kid, I could only imagine what this place must be like. I must say that the advice of going to Krakow was very, very good advice. For starters, Polish people are some of the friendliest I've met in my travels. Always wanting to help out even when they weren't obligated. We even took 2 cab rides and neither driver would accept a tip. We stayed at Momo Hostel in the old Jewish section of town along with about 45 German women all in their early 20's. It was tough but we got by J The town itself has a castle area surrounded by a large, fortified wall. Inside are several museums and churches, there is a story of a dragon that is attached to this area and there is even a large metal dragon sculpture just outside the wall. The architecture there is right out of the book for eastern Europe. Rows of buildings 3 to 4 stories high all painted different colors as you make your way down the ally. In the center of town is the large town square lined with restaurants and vendors alike with hordes of people all around. Unfortunately, the one day that we were there it was a bit rainy and cloudy the whole time. And with limited time we could only explore a few of the amazing restaurants and clubs that we found in abundance all over the town. Most of which were up to date with the latest designs and cutting edge ambiance. I'm not sure exactly what that means…..but you get the idea that they all seemed like very cool places to hang out and enjoy a meal or drink. It just seemed like you couldn't go wrong….
When we left Krakow, we caught a flight to Dubrovnik, Croatia. I have heard in the past that the Croatian coast is something that needs to be seen. What I had heard was correct. Dubrovnik is a city that has so much to offer. Whether it's a stroll through the old town or hoping a boat out to one of the many, many islands around, you really can't go wrong here.
The old town is an ancient walled city that has been revitalized and is now the focus of many tourists as well as multiple cruise ships. A 15 foot wide wall encircles the entire town and you are permitted to walk around the top of it for a small fee where you can soak up all of the breath taking views out over the town and surrounding ocean scapes. It takes just about 45 minutes to make it all the way around stopping for pictures here and there. Something worthy of note is that back in '91-'92 the Yugoslavian Army decided that the old town's walled city was a threat and proceeded to mortar the town destroying several buildings and damaging almost all of the roofs. You'll see below that most of the roof tiles are nice new red clay tiles that show little signs of aging. About 80 % of all the roofs in the town had to be replaced. Some buildings still lie in ruins as a reminder of the senseless attack. The port is also a spot where you can hop a quick ferry out to one of the many islands and is attached directly to the old town.
On one of the islands we found dozens and dozens of peacocks. I was surprised at how close we could get without them being startled. We even had one show off and display their feathers in all his grandeur. During our hike the day before around the old town wall, we noticed a little café on the outside of the wall perched on the rocky cliffs below. It was just about 15 tables with umbrellas, offering a perfect view of sunset with the ocean crashing on the rocky shore about 50 feet below. The next day we venture to another island this time a little further away. On our boat ride out we passed what looked just like the new Zakim Bridge in Boston, but only half of it. This island was much larger and had more inhabitance than the first. Hiking straight across the island to the main beach in a hidden little cove we caught some sun and enjoyed our last few days in Croatia.
After traveling with my friend from London through several countries, she fell in love with Croatia and decided that she was staying. Wanting to see some other friends in Munich I ventured on and made my way to Germany. Staying in the heart of Munich, there were people every where. Walking on the main drag from the train station to Marianplatz I saw plenty. Everything from clowns on stilts, to paparazzi, to members of the red cross descending from a church tower, to beer gardens full of people, to a soon to be bride with all of her friends being entertained by a swan on a bicycle, to an organized parade that was in protest of a new runway at Munich's airport which would accommodate the new Airbus 380, to finally, my old friend Sonja. It was good to see an old friend in a familiar city. While only there a few days I was able to explore all over and was even shown an area in the middle of town where the river and the concrete blocks underneath formed a stationary wave which is big for surfers from all over town. Surfing in the middle of a city….who would have thought.
Getting up early I caught a 6:00 am train to Prague. I was in Prague 10 years ago backpacking around Europe, and I've always wanted to go back. It didn't take too much time before I found myself walking through the old town square over to Prague's Astronomical Clock. This is a huge tourist attraction as on the hour 4 animated figured appear and ring in the hour. According to the stories, these 4 figures represent that which is despised, death, vanity, Judaism and Turkish. Regardless of the meaning it's a huge tourist attraction, large enough for me to grab a picture of the crowd staring up at it. Next on the list was a trip to the café on the water with an amazing view of the Charles Bridge, followed by a tour of the bridge itself. Be sure to rub the brass plaque for luck as you cross the bridge, people would line up for the chance. With statues surrounding the bridge and vendors all around, the Charles Bridge is a place in Prague that you'll find yourself over and over again.
Waiting in the tower on the bridge for sunset, I was able to capture a few key shots as the sun fell. I even grabbed some more from the street with the North Star shining bright….
The last day was off to the castle on the hill. This brought back a lot of memories from 10 years ago. Sitting in that square watching a friend sketch the church spires and the buildings all around. There I was again 10 years later staring up at the magnificent building wondering where all the time went and where those friends are today. You could say I had a moment, but it was a good moment and it made me glad that I made the extra journey out to Prague once again. Leaving the castle I chose the path less traveled and ended up in the King's Garden, a pretty cool little place to rest for a spell and catch up on some reading. Then I ventured over to the park next door for the postcard view of the bridges in downtown Praha.
Finally I hopped over to London to meet up with my friend and wait for my flight back to Boston. I did run around London but left the camera at home….hey…I needed a break! That and it was raining the whole time. Who knew….rain in London! Anywhoo……I did see the quick sites in town and made my way back to Boston. Now I am 2 days away before leaving for a trip to Peru with 10 other friends. In a few more weeks I should have some nice shots of the Inca trail and Machu Picchu. What a way to end an already unforgettable journey. And I honestly hope that most of you have enjoyed the pictures and the writing as much as I have enjoying taking them and presenting them to you. One more post to come….stay tuned…..
awesome, awesome! i think the night shots from the islands off the coast of croatia are some of my favorites of this series - the exposure capturing the vibrant blues of the night sky and the surreal glow of the life on the streets - beautiful! thank you again for sharing your adventures and travels with all of us bucky! someone needs to get you a job at National Geographic so you can get paid to keep doing what you've been doing!
thank you for sharing your incredible journey with us. Have fun in Peru!


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I've often said that when it comes to entertainment and certain forms of technology, I am essentially an old man in a 24-year-old's body. This is true of the kind of phone I use, the way I prefer to read books, and the way I think about music. I've been thinking lately about the power of lyric wording in songs, and I think that some of that power has been lost in today's popular music.
Obviously, I don't think that power is gone from music altogether; songs that go nowhere near the Top 40 still have it in spades. But popular – really, really popular – songs from today are generally much more direct than some of their predecessors.
"Cat's in the Cradle" is a very resonant song to a lot of people, but on the surface it feels like it shouldn't be. The classic story of man with no time for a kid who eventually has no time for him seems at first to be sappily sentimental to a fault. The twist ending is practically broadcast from the beginning, and the song smacks of emotional manipulation, exemplified by the maudlin strings before the last verse.
And yet, it's well-loved by many, including me. It's heartfelt and meaningful, and the language Chapin uses is perhaps the biggest reason why. The key is in the conversational style, both in the way that Chapin tells the story and in the way the father and son talk to each other.
One of the key lines in making the song relatable comes in the first verse, when Chapin talks about his son's early years. While describing the events that occur in his son's life shortly after his birth, Chapin mentions, almost off-hand, "He learned to walk while I was away." The delivery and the placement of the line in the song marks it as an aside, but one that Chapin is almost worried about, as if he suspects that he should be there for more of his son's life events.
Chapin's sincerity, combined with the comfortably atmospheric guitar picking, propels the song through the next verse and completes the setup. The two other lines that jump out to me come from Chapin's son in the second two verses.
The final line is one the son means as a quasi-compliment but mostly as a way to move toward hanging up the phone, but the dad takes it as devaluation. He is worth so little to his son that a three-sentence conversation is enough quality time to tide his once-adoring kid over until the next phone call. His heart breaks at the realization.
Confession: this song has enormous emotional resonance for me, as it's one of two songs (along with the much less moody but still very fun "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," by the inestimable Jim Croce) that were introduced to me at a very young age by my father. "Cat's in the Cradle" was one of my pop music introductory pieces, introduced to me by a man very unlike the aloof dad Chapin sings about.
The Top 40 can still give you poignancy, and it can definitely still give you raw emotion – just ask Adele. But sometimes, if I'm looking for something on the radio that I can respond to without an anguished singer confronting me with Emotions, there's nothing that can beat the storyteller songwriters of old.


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So my husband and I have been here before and had a great experience but this time my husband took my dad to shoot for the first time. Now they have some really skilled guys but there today they met Stephan who really blew my husband away (no pun intended). My dad, a first-time shooter, had really no idea what he was doing and Stephan realized this quickly. Instead of intimidating him and making him feel unwelcome he took time and with patience really explained things to him properly. He was just so pleasant and friendly that my dad and husband came home raving about him. My dad felt comfortable and more confident because of him. This is what learning how to shoot is all about. I'm looking forward to joining the woman's league in the near future.


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Regional Rail Link – details and timetables at last
by Daniel Mon 1 June 2015 Fri 5 June 2015 transport
It's not every day a major new suburban rail line opens in Victoria. In fact it's been 85 years since the last one.
Finally all the details of the Regional Rail Link (which despite its name, runs entirely within the metropolitan area) have been released, including the timetables for the line, and connecting bus services within Melbourne and in the Geelong area.
After $4 billion spent on it, you'd hope they'll be marketing the benefits to people. I've been told this will occur in the coming weeks, at least on a local level, including flyers into mailboxes.
Geelong line
RRL of course includes two new stations in Melbourne (Wyndham Vale and Tarneit), as well as moving the Geelong line onto its own tracks from Deer Park.
The trains will basically run every 10 minutes in peak (though the gaps are uneven), every 20 minutes off-peak. They'll still be hourly in the evenings and on weekends, including to Wyndham Vale and Tarneit, which is a bit poor for a metropolitan growth area.
Some trains originate at Waurn Ponds; some at South Geelong. Some skip North Shore and Corio, some skip Little River, but otherwise most trains stop at most stations until they get into the suburbs.
Most trains stop at Wyndham Vale (and some in peak originate there). Slightly fewer trains stop at Tarneit.
Many Geelong trains will stop at Deer Park, finally giving this long-established suburb a decent service on weekdays, though fewer stop at Ardeer. These stations are also served by trains on the Ballarat line, confusingly, so far there is no published combined timetable for those two stations.
Oddly, not a single Geelong train stops at Deer Park or Ardeer on weekends.
Also oddly, the trains from further afield at Warrnambool (which require reservations to use) will also stop at Wyndham Vale and Tarneit, but not at interchange stations such as Footscray and Sunshine. Edit: they do stop at Footscray.
So overall a big boost for the Geelong line (and for Deer Park), but they'll have to watch how passenger loads are affected by the extra stops in Melbourne's west, and the hourly evening and weekend services need a boost.
The Geelong-Werribee disconnection
A loss for some people is the convenient Geelong to Werribee train trip, which currently takes about 30 minutes.
Instead it'll be a 25-30ish minute trip to Wyndham Vale, then a change onto the (mercifully frequent) new route 190 bus. To Werribee this is 15 minutes off-peak, but up to about 18 minutes during peak, with buses scheduled to depart 5 minutes after the train arrives.
So for those people, if everything runs smoothly, the trip will be about 20 minutes longer.
Overall trip time Geelong to Melbourne
There's been years of speculation about how long the overall trip would take from Geelong to Melbourne.
The existing time varies widely: from about 56 minutes for expresses to about 77 minutes for a peak stopper.
The new times are similar despite the longer route. The difference is trains can run faster on the new section than they can on the more congested Werribee line, but this is countered by (for most services) extra stops at the new stations.
The quickest still seems to be 56 minutes, with the longest stopper in the middle of peak about 75 minutes.
Trying to serve more passengers rather than skip more stops and get the trains in as quickly as possible is, I think, a sensible move. On weekdays, this means most stations get a decent service frequency, and the clear run in should mean much more reliable and predictable travel times.
Other V/Line changes
All the lines from the west see tweaks and adjustments.
The current ludicrous timings of up to 16 minutes between Footscray and Southern Cross are brought a little bit more under control, down to 9 minutes supposedly non-stop — but this is still the same time as a suburban train making additional stops at South Kensington and North Melbourne.
One detail some may miss in the new timetables: urban fringe stations Sunbury and Pakenham are now marked as "d" (set down only) for inbound trains, and "u" (pick up only) for outbound trains. This means local residents will no longer be able to use V/Line trains to and from the city. I actually think this makes sense given those stations have heaps more Metro trains than they used to, and V/Line services need to prioritise space and seats for people travelling longer distances, but one would hope they are explaining this decision to the locals.
Buses networks in the Geelong and Wyndham areas are getting major redesigns — the latter to fit into the new stations.
In both cases PTV say they've continued to consolidate routes, with high-frequency (by Victorian standards) routes along main roads feeding into stations, which is a good thing — it should make the network much more usable for everyday travel. Again, they'll obviously have to communicate the changes to users and potential users.
Other routes around the place are getting minor adjustments, including regional city bus service timetable changes to better coordinate with trains.
Metro changes
The intention had been to introduce a raft of Metro timetable changes at the same time as RRL, making use of some of the capacity unlocked by the project, particularly on the Sunbury and Werribee lines.
But in this timetable change, almost nothing is changing on Metro.
One wouldn't expect them to fill the new capacity from day one, but one might expect adjustments to at least take advantage of it.
On the Sunbury line for instance, there are reports of trains (now unencumbered by congestion from V/Line services, which got moved to the new tracks some months ago) arriving at Footscray several minutes early, having to sit idle until their departure times.
Meanwhile on the Werribee line, crowding has been getting steadily worse (including on weekends), and although some of those people may move over to the new stations, we're talking about one of Melbourne's biggest growth areas. They are getting a single new service in on weekday mornings and another on weekday evenings, but that's it.
The long-suffering Altona Loop, with its off-peak shuttle, sees no changes. I haven't looked closely at other lines, or trams, but it appears other changes are also deferred, which seems to be a missed opportunity.
The rail map change has been held over until later in the year. The current suburban maps won't change (this would cost a small fortune), meaning many suburban passengers will remain blissfully unaware of the new stations.
The V/Line map has been updated, and looks more like the London map (the old "Connections" version) than ever before. Not that this is a bad thing.
RRL will make a huge difference to Melbourne's West. The Wyndham Vale and Tarneit areas are growing fast, and for once new residents may be able to make a choice to use a viable public transport service before they buy cars for every adult in their household and fill their driveways with motor vehicles.
But there are some oddities, and some missed opportunities to provide a big boost on the metropolitan network.
No doubt there are more improvements to come — let's hope those aren't too far away.
PTV: Regional Rail Link has arrived
Ben Lever has a good summary of the changes, including some good local detail, especially for the Ballarat area
Any other changes you've spotted?
Double decker bus for Melbourne
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Simbera says:
Mon 1 June 2015 at 8:47 am
Pretty much in agreement with you on the train stuff above. Some massively bad changes to bus timetables in Ballarat though – the bus to the university (rt10 Buninyong) is no longer timed to suit uni class times (ie start and end on the hour or half-hour) and doesn't seem to actually connect with trains better either!
Interesting that the PTV map has the airport Skybus marked on it (which isn't part of public transport system) but misses many suburban railway lines (which are part of the public transport system). I wonder if the Skybus operators pay to have themselves on the PTV map?
Well written. Let's hope the oddities are written out of the next timetable.
In my opinion adding Wyndham Vale and Tarneit to the Geelong line is only going to lead to more over crowding and congestion but I guess time will tell.
Campbell says:
Mon 1 June 2015 at 12:25 pm
In the Nine News coverage of the unveiling, Jacinta Allen mentions that there will be additional Metro timetable changes at the end of the year – hopefully taking advantage of the additional capacity provided and making tweaks depending on how the loads turn out to be.
Seph Murphy says:
I was a bit disappointed with the Bendigo Timetable – no real changes outside of fixing the Footscray – Southern Cross 18 min crawl. I was hoping for at least an extra afternoon and morning service to Kyneton to help with the overcrowding that is currently there. No extra Services to Epsom or Eaglehawk either despite being promised. Hopefully extra rolling stock is allocated to deal with existing loads.
I'm fairly certain Sunbury stops have been listed as restricted for quite a while now – just nobody listens to them. The PIDS at Sunbury already display 'Vline Service not taking passengers' so it will be interesting to see how this is enforced. Will vline trains be held at Sunbury until they all get off? I've seen a conductor do that before, it turned into a standoff which eventuated in the train leaving 10 minutes late with the passengers still onboard.
I'm assuming the lack of new Bendigo services is based on no real changes to the Metro Network and Vline not being offered more paths, whereas on Ballarat and Geelong they can now do whatever they like.
Deer Park will get a big increase in Weekday patronage. Pity about the poor weekend service levels (not just for Deer Park, but the whole Geelong Line).
Hopefully every 10 minutes to Newport is in the next timetable change.
I notice that the PTV ad in this continues the station representations theme from the every 10 minutes on weekends ads.
Skybus would be on the regional map to encourage regional travellers to use it to get from Southern Cross to the airport.
Mon 1 June 2015 at 1:42 pm
#Tom: So regional commuters use the airport more than they use the suburban rail network. Really? Why not show the 901 Smart bus and Broadmeadows train line on the map (cost of trip to airport from SC using these is a max of $3.76).
John of Melbourne says:
Daniel: "The new times are similar despite the longer route. The difference is trains can run faster on the new section than they can on the more congested Werribee line, but this is countered by (for most services) extra stops at the new stations."
Errr, yes. Running faster is countered by the extra stops /and the longer route itself/.
Seph Murphy: Sunbury and Pakenham have always been /announced/ by the PIDS as restricted, even though they weren't. The timetable, however, has shown them as unrestricted. Sunbury was supposed to be restricted, but the Minister at the time it opened undermined that and effectively made it unrestricted, and that was later formalised.
As far as enforcement is concerned, in theory it's no different to the existing situation at other stations (Werribee, Dandenong, Footscray, etc.), except for the fact that it is a change from being unrestricted.
Restricted stops means that more people end up on already-overcrowded suburban trains, and means that V/Line trains are taking pathways for far fewer passengers than a suburban train, even moreso than now. My understanding is that nobody likes this idea except for the Minister, who's seat is Bendigo East, and of course the V/Line passengers who can now keep their bags on the adjacent seats instead of having to give them up for those horrid suburban passengers.
I believe that there are also issues insofar as Sunbury is concerned, in that there are times of the day when they get an inferior service to the one they had before electrification (given that they no longer get Sunbury V/Line trains). I'm not sure on specifics there, though. And the V/Line services went some way to filling in the 40-minute and 60-minute gaps beyond Watergardens.
And yes, Metro's services were supposed to take advantage of the extra capacity at the same time, and this was planned by the previous government. The current government, however, had other ideas. Saving some money by deferring it may have had something to do with it.
Marcus W says:
When I lived in Geelong, catching a train all the way into Southern Cross then changing to the Skybus was never an option I considered – the express bus from Geelong to Melbourne Airport is much faster!
By the looks of the Melbourne Airport website, there are also express buses from Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland and Shepparton, as well as a number of Melbourne suburbs:
http://melbourneairport.com.au/to-from-the-airport/other-bus-services/other-buses.html
I think the loss of the direct Werribee – Geelong connection will inconvenience quite a few people, but I appreciate that it's probably more than offset by the gains in other areas. Anecdotally, living not far from Werribee, there are quite a few families in this whole Werribee-and-surrounds area that either live in W'bee / Hoppers and work / study in Geelong or the other way around. The train to bus changeover has been of particular concern to the parents of the hundred-odd school students who live in one place but study in the other. Still, no change is free of cost to someone, I guess.
There will also be a train to and from Bacchus Marsh every 30 minutes on weekdays during the day.
Further to Daniel's point about there not being a timetable published for Deer Park services, (and Ardeer for that matter), the publication of a simple timetable indicating which trains passengers need to catch, and whether they are bound for Geelong, Ballarat or Bacchus Marsh will be essential if Deer Park residents are expected to make any sense of the significantly increased frequency of services.
The new timetable, while greatly improving frequency, significantly reduces simplicity.
There will now be an irregular mix of services stopping at Deer Park destined for Geelong South/Waurun Ponds/ Wendouree / Bacchus Marsh/ Melton in no particular order (in addition to various express services not stopping).
Any unsuspecting traveller at Southern Cross Station will have no hope of working out what train to catch to which destination station, and even if they did follow a regular pattern, the average Jo/e commuter shouldn't be expected to have to work it out.
Wallet sized Southern Cross – Deer Park timetables would be a good start, but hopefully VLine will come up with a more accessible solution.
(Please feel free to bang on about this to anybody who will care to listen, or anybody who has the ability to do anything about it)
Tue 2 June 2015 at 7:55 am
Interesting about the continuing poor weekend frequencies.
Over the past few years traffic on the roads has become increasingly worse on weekends, to the extent that I would say it's often worse than on weekdays. This would lead one to the conclusion that more people are travelling on weekends nowadays.
I wonder if this is at least partly because of the abysmal public transport service frequencies. I imagine to some extent it's a self-fulfilling prophecy – the decision makers at PTV see that demand for PT on weekends is lower, so reason that there's therefore no need to increase frequency. Whereas if they did provide commuters with sufficient incentive to use PT (by increasing frequency), you would most likely see an increase in demand.
I also wonder if it has much to do with weekend penalty rates – perhaps the cost of running PT on weekends is simply too high to make frequent services economically viable. Does anyone have any information about this – what are the weekend penalty rates like for train/bus/tram drivers?
This week's Leader newspapers in the western suburbs have full page ads for regional rail. So the message is spreading.
Sir Robert Risson says:
Tue 2 June 2015 at 3:01 pm
I love the spin on some of this crap. They've slowed the morning up Ararat by five minutes, despite gaining two minutes between Sunshine and Spencer St, and have it leaving Ararat 17 minutes earlier. A real joy for the people on the Horsham bus, now a pre 6am start. The spinners can't even read the timetable they're advertising the Ballarat departure time as the arrival time.
Mark, weekend services on the suburban trains at least are roughly equivalent to weekdays (outside the peak periods).
Sir Robert Risson: I can't comment on towns further down the line, but making the Ararat train get into Ballarat those few minutes earlier is a massive boon for people from Ararat and Beaufort. Makes getting to places in the CBD before 830, or places further out (that require a bus) by 9am, actually possible. Pretty poor form that they can't read the timetable right, though, I agree.
Marcus: Ballarat certainly does have one and it has been the default option for years, but it's very infrequent at most times of the day, so depending on when you take off/land it can be quicker and easier to take the Skybus and then a train.
Wed 3 June 2015 at 11:57 am
What happened to all the changes to our tram routes that were rumoured to take effect this month?
There were reports that 55 would be extended to Toorak to replace route 8.
Wed 3 June 2015 at 8:12 pm
The tram changes that were rumoured were put on hold or canned a while ago. The only alteration to tram operations on the 21st will be that E-class trams will begin running out of Preston.
Thu 4 June 2015 at 9:25 am
It remains a puzzle to me that the Geelong train is not really any faster than when steam trains made the trip.
Thu 4 June 2015 at 12:16 pm
Campbell – where did you hear that they were canned/iced? There was never an official commencement date so far as I was aware, and I've never heard anything about Yarra Trams dropping the plan. There was some speculation that they might happen in association with RRL, but given the fact that the rail network timetable isn't being comprehensively reviewed as part of RRL opening, I would assume that the tram changes might take effect with the next timetable rewrite.
Suburban services on weekend daytimes are the same as weekdays except on the Sandringham and Glen Waverley lines where they are worse and the Belgrave and Lilydale lines where they are better.
L2 says:
Fri 5 June 2015 at 3:44 pm
Also don't forget that the Werribee line as far as Newport is half as frequent on weekends compared to during the week. Same frequencies beyond there but the express track doesn't get used on a weekend.
@Andrew – "the Geelong train is not really any faster than when steam trains made the trip."
Yes and no. The 1928 timetable shows the Flyer did indeed take an hour (63 minutes in fact) but that didn't stop at any stations at all along the way. And the express at 4:45pm took 76 minutes, presumably due to track congestion.
Stopping trains such as the 11am took 100 minutes – a lot longer than trains stopping at similar numbers of intermediate stations today.
I think these new stations at Wyndham Vale & Tarneit are going prove very popular and attractive. 27mins from Tarneit to City is very good travel time, and easily beats the car. Decent frequencies which are better than some Metro services (ie Upfield). I think overcrowding may become a huge issue.
I've seen a figure of 56 minutes, perhaps later than 1928. Yes, it did not stop along the way. Even so, the trip should be much quicker now with advances in signalling, trains and track technologies. A car trip to Geelong back in steam train days probably took double the time of what it does today.
Tue 9 June 2015 at 10:38 am
I am worried about overcrowding. I don't think people realise how many passengers who currently frequent Werribee and Hoppers Crossing stations are going to use the new rail link.
I am disappointed trains will only run every 20 minutes at Tarneit station, even during peak times. Hopefully that will change as more rolling stock is built.
FrankR says:
Wed 10 June 2015 at 10:57 am
Missed opportunities? I'll say. I think you're being too kind, Daniel. And too hopeful. There are no guarantees that they're going to make any major changes: not in a few months, not even in a few years… Anyway, what would be their incentive to do so? There is none, other than to avoid a few grumblings from a small percentage of the train travelling public.
Considering the billions spent on this infrastructure, they nobble it with no intention of running it well. But Victoria's famous neglect to look after and its rail network effectively, isn't it? I think we all fully expected a half-hearted effort from them.
Along with the the Metro timetable changes needed, all three RRL V/Line lines — Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo — should stop at the brand new Sunshine station to allow the earliest interchanges for their passengers.
(Perhaps if the people in the Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo corridors got up and protested about that, the govt *might* notice… )
Maybe Daniel Andrews can be made aware of all the shortfalls. He does seem genuinely interested in improving Melbourne's public transport system. Just need to prise him away from the do-littles in the DoT and get him to listen.
Wed 10 June 2015 at 10:49 pm
Also, I wanted to add that the real reason the RRL was built — indeed any and all recent transport infrastructure in Victoria — is not to greatly improve the transport network, but merely to provide construction jobs while it is being built.
We saw this with the East West Link, where the Liberal party's main argument was that it would create X,000 jobs while being constructed. The usefulness of the East West Link was completely secondary. (And as we all know it wasn't very useful at all!)
The same with the RRL. They are not interested in running it properly. It need to only provide a lot of jobs for the big engineering firms while it was being built. And now that's coming to a close.
We shouldn't effuse too much about this project. It may be the biggest rail project in Victoria since the City Loop, but it's really just a rail line running through the outer suburban fringe without really bothering to put in enough train services to make it worth the $5 billion spent on it.
It's the Victorian culture of infrastructure-funding-as-economic-stimulus that needs to change.
Bruce Willaton says:
Thu 11 June 2015 at 5:46 pm
Interestingly, Geelong & Ballarat lines can change at Sunshine but Bendigo passengers can't.
fFrankR says:
Fri 12 June 2015 at 12:49 am
@Bruce Willaton – You mean that Bendigo trains can't stop at Sunshine, or that they won't let them stop at Sunshine? Up until the Sunbury electrification opened in November 2012, there were 90 Bendigo trains stopping at Sunshine every week.
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